Abstract
The one-dimensional diffusion equation is the linear second order partial differential equation
where u = u (x, t), x is a real space variable, t a time variable and D a positive constant, called diffusion coefficient.
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Salsa, S. (2015). Diffusion. In: Partial Differential Equations in Action. UNITEXT, vol 86. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15093-2_2
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